Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEFORE THE DOORS, by FRIEDRICH RUCKERT Poet's Biography First Line: I went to knock at riches' door Last Line: But stillin the gravethere's room for more. Alternate Author Name(s): Raimar, Freidmund Subject(s): Graves; Tombs; Tombstones | ||||||||
I WENT to knock at Riches' door; They threw me a farthing the threshold o'er. To the door of Love did I then repair But fifteen others already were there. To Honor's castle I took my flight They opened to none but to belted knight. The house of Labor I sought to win But I heard a wailing sound within. To the house of Content I sought the way But none could tell me where it lay. One quiet house I yet could name, Where last of all, I'll admittance claim; Many the guests that have knocked before, But stillin the gravethere's room for more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GRAVE OF MRS. HEMANS by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS NOT TO BE DWELLED ON by HEATHER MCHUGH ONE LAST DRAW OF THE PIPE by PAUL MULDOON ETRUSCAN TOMB by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL A PARABLE by FRIEDRICH RUCKERT |
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